The economy of Ancient Athens was more than just silver coins - it was an early model of a financial empire. With an ...

Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became ...

The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...

New evidence supporting the former argument comes from oddly out-of-place rocks collected not from modern areas of the ancient Roman empire, but from Iceland. Although the region is known ...

The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 200-300 years, and began around 540 CE. 31,560 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?31,560 people played the daily ...

While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, men who had been circumcised – particularly those from Jewish or Eastern ...

It was purportedly grown in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon where it was used for medicinal purposes in ancient Greece. It has been cultivated since at least the 16th century in England. Although it is ...

Famous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no stranger to imperial conflict, having provided the setting for the Rebel Alliance base in Star Wars: Episode IV.

The state hasn’t kept track, so now lawmakers want to create a database with maps of where those ancient ponds are located. It’s the first step in restoring a key component of native food ...

Eratosthenes became the first person to calculate the Earth’s circumference with remarkable accuracy, a feat that stands as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient science. Using the differences in ...

VIENNA, Austria (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of over 100 Roman soldiers dating back to the ancient empire while renovating a sports field. Officials with the Wien ...